By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Special Statistical Reports
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
876
2015: 789
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
684
2015: 641
Deaths Involving Opioids
616
2015: 565
Deaths Involving Heroin
108
2015: 95
Deaths Involving Cocaine
139
2015: 117
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
190
2015: 130
Deaths Involving Pyschostimulants
N/A
Prescription Data
Number of Prescriptions Dispensed
Prescription Dashboards
The dashboards will be updated quarterly to provide real-time data. For more information click on the links below:
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
975
2015: 1,027
Stimulants dispensed
323
2015: 312
Benzodiazepines dispensed
536
2015: 551
EMS Data
Naloxone administrations via EMS
13
2015: 10
Hospital Data
Drug Overdose Hospitalizations
Overdose Biosurveillance Dashboard
This dashboard will be updated monthly to provide real-time data. For more information, click on the link below:
Drug-Related Overdoses
90
Opioid-Related Overdoses
14
Child Data
Newborns Identified with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
4
State-Funded Treatment Data
Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
6,360
Medicaid Data
Number of patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
6,479
2015: 7,225
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
9.5
%
2015: 8.7%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
8.5
%
2015: 7.8%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of Hep C cases
118
2015: 88
Incidence of HIV Cases
N/A
2015: 15
Funded through Grant #1H79TI080221-01 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Statistical sources: cdc.gov, asam.org and greenvilleonline.com.
